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Feb. 25, 2013

Manasquan resident Martin McHugh is working with borough officials and the Conservation Fund to develop a new green infrastructure plan.

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Six municipalities are charging that their residents are being overbilled, and at times double-billed, by the Two River Water Reclamation Authority, prompting the utility to file a countersuit against the six towns.

Officials of Red Bank, Rumson, Eatontown, Sea Bright, Shrewsbury Township and Tinton Falls have sued the Monmouth Beach-based authority, alleging they were overbilled by $4.31 million between the 2006 and 2009 fiscal years.

The crux of the lawsuit concerns what the six towns, which are known as customer towns of the authority, say is the preferential treatment and lower ...